elves live in the land       
      beyond the  great dam.      
  it  was built  in the late  sixties.  
      the elves came to us then.    
                      
                      
 they  were  very  manipulative,  and  we 
 came to trust  them.          us 
 kids would  play down at the  water even 
 though  we were not allowed.       
    sometimes  the  sluice  would close 
 entirely,  and  the  river  at the  dams 
 foot would  dry up,  revealing the rocky 
 water  garden   that  had  been   hidden 
 beneath, and we would  go there.     
      before  the  dam  opened again, 
 there  would be a signal,  but the elves 
 would make us not hear it,  and suddenly 
 we  would find the water rising, already 
 at our knees.                
                      
  by  then  the  elves would be  gone.